Fully 300,000 of those coins went to BTC-e, another now-defunct crypto exchange. BTC-e was shut down by the FBI in 2017, and the exchange’s alleged operator, Russian national Alexander Vinnik, was arrested in Greece and subsequently charged with “computer intrusions and hacking incidents, ransomware scams, identity theft schemes”. He was extradited to the US to face charges. , corrupt government officials and drug distribution rings.”











